1.6 Gender and Number of Adjectives

Género y número de los adjectivos

Adjectives

An adjective describes a noun.

A Spanish adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, and ALMOST always follows the noun it describes.

Los colores Colors

negro/a
black
blanco/a
white
rojo/a
red
rosado/a
pink
morado/a
purple
amarillo/a
yellow
anaranjado/a
orange

Gender Neutrals

azul
blue
verde
green
marrón
brown
gris
grey

 

Checklist

  1. Sentence Order
  2. Gender
  3. Number

Example: El libro negro

  1. Sentence order: article noun adjective
  2. Gender: masculine
  3. Number: singular
  • Adjectives that do not end in -o have the same form for describing both, masculine and feminine nouns.
El taco excelente La comida excelente
El poema interesante La clase interesante
El carro gris La mochila gris
El libro verde La mesa verde
  • Gender specific adjectives to describe things, yourself and others.
barato/a inexpensive pequeño/a small feo/a ugly rico/a rich
caro/a expensive fantástico/a fantastic viejo/a old gordo/a fat
estupendo/a terrific sincero/a sincere simpático/a nice tacaño/a stingy
delgado/a thin guapo/a handsome/beautiful hermoso/a beautiful

Examples:

La casa maravillosa El libro maravilloso
La chica estupenda El chico estupendo
La mochila amarilla es hermosa El carro rojo es hermoso
  • Other Adjectives
agradable pleasant alegre happy triste sad debil weak
fuerte strong frágil fragile grande big horrible horrible
joven young pobre poor difícil difficult inteligente intelligent

Examples:

La chica agradable El chico agradable
La mujer joven El hombre joven

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Los adjetivos y el verbo Ser Adjectives and the verb SER

Ser (to be)

Yo soy
eres
Usted, él, ella es
Nosotros somos
Ustedes, ellos(as) son

The verb ser (to be), in Spanish is used with adjectives that describe basic, characteristics or inherent qualities of the noun they modify.

Examples:
  • Soy alta. I am tall.
  • Eres inteligente. You are smart.
  • El perro es grande. The dog is big.

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Additional Practice

To describe yourself, choose five adjectives from below and form five sentences. Don’t forget gender.

  • alto
  • rico
  • simpático
  • inteligente
  • listo
  • feo
  • sincero
  • estudioso
  • joven
  • viejo

 

 


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